NEWBORNS’ AND MOTHERS’ HEALTH
PROTECTION ACT
Coverage under UO’s medical program provides that
maternity or newborn coverage may not, under federal
law restrict benefits for any hospital length of stay in
connection with childbirth for the mother or newborn
child to less than 48 hours following a vaginal delivery,
or less than 96 hours following a cesarean section.
However, federal law does not prohibit the mother’s or
newborn’s attending provider, after consulting with the
mother, from discharging the mother or her newborn
earlier than 48 hours (or 96 hours as applicable). In
any case, healthcare plans and insurance issuers may
not, under federal law, require that a provider obtain
authorization from the plan or the insurance issuer for
prescribing a length of stay not in excess of 48 hours
(or 96 hours).
If you would like more information on maternity
benefits, call the Benefits Service Center at
844-405-2085.
NOTICE OF HIPAA SPECIAL
ENROLLMENT RIGHTS
This notice informs you of your right to enroll in a
group health plan sponsored by the Universal Orlando
Comprehensive Health & Welfare Plan (the “Plan”)
under the special enrollment provisions of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
If you are declining healthcare coverage for yourself
and your eligible dependents when you are initially
eligible or during open enrollment period because
you have other coverage and you subsequently lose
eligibility for that other coverage (or if the employer
stops contributing toward your or your dependents’
other non-COBRA coverage), then you may enroll
yourself and your eligible dependents for healthcare
benefits without waiting for the next open enrollment
period. You must request enrollment no later than 31
days after the date the previous coverage ends (or
after the employer stops contributing toward the other
non-COBRA coverage).
In addition, if you gain a new dependent as a result
of marriage, birth, adoption or placement for
adoption, you may be able to enroll yourself and your
dependents in healthcare benefits. You must complete
the enrollment process no later than 31 days after the
date of such event.
If you or your dependent is covered under a Medicaid
plan or under a state child health insurance plan
(CHIP) and your or your dependent’s coverage under
such a plan is terminated as a result of eligibility, you
will have 60 days from the date of the Medicaid or
CHIP event to request enrollment for yourself and/or
your dependents under the Plan.
If you or your dependent becomes eligible for a
state’s premium assistance program under Medicaid
or CHIP, you will have 60 days from the date of the
state determination of premium assistance to request
enrollment for yourself and/or your dependents under
the Plan. To request special enrollment or obtain more
information, contact the Benefits Service Center at
844-405-2085.
Note: The federal government has extended certain
time frames for employee benefit plans, participants,
and beneficiaries aected by the National Emergency
for the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
HIPAA Special Enrollment Event time frames for the
following will be disregarded during the “Outbreak
Period:” (i) 31-day period to request special enrollment
and (ii) the 60-day period for those who lose coverage
under CHIP or Medicaid or who are eligible to receive
premium assistance under those programs. The
“Outbreak Period” is defined as March 1, 2021, until
60 days after the announced end of the National
Emergency.
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
FOR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
(HIPAA — HEALTH INSURANCE
PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT)
The Universal Orlando Comprehensive Health and
Welfare Plan (“Plan”) provides health benefits to
eligible employees of UO and their eligible dependents
as described in the summary plan description(s) for
the Plan. The Plan creates, receives, uses, maintains
and discloses health information about participating
employees and dependents in the course of providing
these health benefits. The Plan is required by law to
provide notice to participants of the Plan’s duties and
privacy practices with respect to covered individuals’
protected health information, and has done so by
providing to Plan participants a Notice of Privacy
Practices, which describes the ways that the Plan
uses and discloses protected health information.
To receive a copy of the Plan’s Notice of Privacy
Practices you should contact the Benefits Service
Center at 844-405-2085.
WOMEN’S HEALTH AND CANCER RIGHTS
ACT OF 1998
If you have had or are going to have a mastectomy,
you may be entitled to certain benefits under the
Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998
(WHCRA). The Women’s Health and Cancer Right Act
requires group health plans to provide certain benefits
relating to post-mastectomy surgery. If a participant
or beneficiary receiving benefits under a medical
program in connection with a mastectomy elects breast
reconstruction, coverage will be provided in a manner
determined in consultation with the attending physician
and patient, for:
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